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this episode of the Google Play weekly show is brought to you by magnetic balls puzzle game hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy this is google play weekly let's get right to it in our first bit of news this week google has added song lyrics to their knowledge graph this is an interesting move because we've been so relying on sites like AZ lyrics and MetroLyrics for so long the lyrics are posted on the search and you can read the whole thing on google play music if you so choose it doesn't have all the song lyrics yet but we imagine it won't be that long until it does on another note this sucks for sites like AZ lyrics at metrolyrics who are about to see a mammoth drop-in visitors very soon there is a brand-new humble bundle out with a bunch of games from noodle cake studios that means it includes games like super stickman golf 2 Mikey boots tower dwellers and a whole lot more you can pay whatever you want and get four games or you can beat the average which is six dollars and sixty cents at the time of the making of this video to get at least three additional games and if you pay eight dollars or more you get all the games it's a lot of games to play and it goes to a good cause so go ahead and check it out earlier this week Google put the banhammer on using user testimonials and apt descriptions there are two big reasons for this the first being that developers have been known to pay people to leave good reviews that they can then use for testimonials and the second is because developers use testimonials to mention more popular applications so they can game the search results with this move Google is keeping things a little more honest and let's face facts no one is reading those testimonials any way to celebrate the holidays google has over two dozen games on sale right now some of the games are pretty good to the sale includes goat simulator both Rayman games Dragon Quest Deus Ex the fall game dev story machinarium and the room too what I like most about it were the range of games there are shooters adventure games puzzle games rpgs and pretty much whatever floats your boat we'll have a link to these in the briton companion which is in the video description below in our last bit of news this week google announced their end of the year sale which includes over 100 music albums the sale encompasses all kinds of genres and time periods so there's probably something there for everyone after a cursory glance I found some Paramore Lana Del Rey Kid Rock before he went all country dr. dre Pearl Jam Marvin Gaye Katy Perry and a few compilations if you're shopping for music you should definitely check these out you can find the link to it in the written companion which is in the video description below let's take a moment to talk about our sponsor magnetic balls puzzle game is as the name says a puzzle game it's totally free with no in-app purchases and it's a great way to kill a few minutes the balls use a magnetic kind of physics that caused them to move even after you fired them and you must connect three or more to clear them out of the way you can play arcade mode or story mode it's a fun little time waster and it costs literally nothing to add to your app drawer so who wants to see some trending applications as usual if you want to check any of these applications out you can find the links in the video description below shutter 1 dragonfall is a strategy RPG that is based on a game that is based on a tabletop RPG that came out in the late 1980s it has decent graphics above average gameplay complete with customizable characters and a really fun premise because it combines high fantasy and cyberpunk elements as its had expensive but there are no in-app purchases the quirky and fun minimum keyboard receive a huge update this last week it added material design some new keyboard themes and of course the usual array of bug fixes and performance improvements keyboards releasing themes and material design stuff has been a big deal for the last few months and minimum now joins the likes of flexi and SwiftKey it's pretty cheap if you want to check it out it's been a long time since we talked about Dalton browser so it was due for a huge update and that's what we got this last week with the latest update you can get adobe flash on Android 5.0 lollipop some new themes the ability to share web pages over NFC and some other fun little features if you're one of those people who still needs adobe flash and you're on lollipop this is about the best that you're going to get samsung look at me as an application for autistic kids to help them make better eye contact and improve facial recognition which are two of the bigger problems people with autism face from the looks of it Samsung put a lot of work into this one and they seem to have kept the science and studies in mind there are some issues here and there but all apps have those on release day Knights of the Old Republic is an old RPG from bioware that is now on android it contains a very long story line with multiple endings decent graphics and on-screen controls character customization and a whole lot more it was great when it was on PC and consoles and we've no doubt it'll be great here too just as soon as they iron out a few of those release date bugs if you want to check out the latest news and reviews about android apps and games head on over to android authority calm click on the little menu thingy and check out the application section and if you want to join the discussion head on over to android authority calm / community set up an account and join us in the forums I will see you there once again I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy wire here why not subscribe to the android authority youtube channel if you're hanging out for a minute we have a couple of Awesome videos for you to watch right over there and they're also linked in the video description below or you folks on mobile finally don't forget to check out the briton companion which is in the video description below as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day